Tuna returns with his Yamaha DX100 (because it is clearly his).
Submitted by @thedigitalpurrgatory via Threads.
It’s Friday the 13th but not a bad luck with this adorable cat.
This is Tuna, btw.
That’s a Yamaha DX100 that he uses as his chair or bed.
And that’s a mini-blep if you look closely.
A very sweet photo featuring both Shiro and Saruman atop the Yamaha SK50D and to either side of the Strymon Timeline! I love how they seem so friendly with each other (unlike Sam Sam and Big Merp who are more like frenemies).
From our friend Héctor Genis (@hdgenis on Instagram).
Parches poses with a vintage Roland TR-707 drum machine and a Space Echo RE-200. The 200 is a much rarer version than the popular RE-201 Space Echo. It has most of the same features, but a different look and feel.
From our friend Héctor Genis on Instagram.
Ansel is showing off an absolutely insane (in the good sense of the word) tower of vintage rack-mount synthesizers. From top to bottom, we see:
Below the rack and just above Ansel we see a Sequentix Cirklon sequencer.
All in all, quite impressive – we at CatSynth are a bit envious 😺
From our friend Charles Whiley via Facebook.
Lucy sits with her back to us – as cats are wont to do – on top of a covered EMS VCS3 Putney and a rare vintage Optigan. Submitted by Hamstall Ridware via BlueSky.
The Optigan was an electronic organ that featured playback of chords, drums, riffs, and other patterns via optical plastic-film discs. In some ways, it was analogous to the magnetic tape playback in a Mellotron, but it was more for backing elements rather than as the main timbral source (although one could certainly create discs to use it that way).
The vintage portable radio is a nice touch, too.
Desi strikes a handsome pose next to an M-Vave MIDI keyboard. (We finally identified the keyboard from Desi’s previous appearance)
From @mikecohen415 on Instagram.
Our friend Hector Génis is back with a new synth jam, this time on the Yamaha DX7. We also see a Yamaha CS30 synthesizer and the Strymon Timeline delay pedal. Watch as Saruman pops up later in the video. He is really enjoying the music, as am I. It has a sort of Italo-disco feel.
Mr. Puff demonstrates unequivocally who owns this Yamaha PSS-470. From our friend Charles Whiley via Facebook.
The PSS-470 is interesting in that it incorporates Yamaha’s FM engine – with a few real-time parameters – into the case and design of a home keyboard. Of course, it also includes the typical features like a drum/rhythm engine with the obligatory “Bossa Nova” beat among others.
Shiro stands atop a Yamaha SDK50D and next to a Strymon TimeLine delay pedal — both fine instruments. And while Shrio may be feigning disinterest, we know he is proud of them and of his cat-dad Héctor Genis.
